Thread: The new iPhone (5)

Looks like Apple picked a good ally in Gou...

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Foxconn CEO Terry Gou: iPhone 5 will put Samsung’s Galaxy S III to shame

According to several local reports, Foxconn’s Terry Gou made some pretty bold statements at Hon Hai Precision’s annual meeting of shareholders on Monday. While there are a few translations, all seem to claim Gou urged customers to wait for the iPhone 5, “saying that the new model will put Samsung’s Galaxy III to shame.” A report from Focus Taiwan quoted China Times:

Gou said he has made it a lifetime goal to defeat Samsung — “a company with a track record of snitching on its competitors.”… He was referring to Samsung’s action in 2010 of snitching on four Taiwanese companies in an investigation by the European Commission on price-fixing in the flat panel industry…Samsung was exempted from the investigation by serving as a “tainted witness.” … Gou also urged consumers to wait for the launch of Apple’s iPhone 5, saying that the new model will put Samsung’s Galaxy III to shame.

Gou also apparently claimed that Foxconn’s Sakai plant “has an exclusive agreement with Corning Inc., an American manufacturer of glass, on large panel supply,” and his “competitors will not be able to secure any such material if they wished to.” We are going to wait to see if Foxconn issues a statement regarding these quotes, because we know a couple of stories in recent months misquoted Gou…

“I respect the Japanese and especially like their execution and communication styles,” Gou said, “Unlike the Koreans, they will not hit you from behind.”

Originally Posted by Cthulhu

“I respect the Japanese and especially like their execution and communication styles,” Gou said, “Unlike the Koreans, they will not hit you from behind.”

Tell that to the residents of Nanking.

What does a 50 year old wartime situation have to do with consumer electronics?

Besides, Terry Gou is Taiwanese.

Quite correct - good to see someone knows what they are talking about for once

Ditto ^ & ^^

Well said - what is Harry going on about this time?

If what Terry Gou his perps holds true the next iPhone will be painful for Samsung - furthermore, there won't be just one in September. ;-)

Wait until the end of September. ;-)

dream on nutters

the iphone 4 s is attractive to girls and male poseurs

anyone who wants a machine to do more than play angry birds steers well clear of the overhyped fashion accessory with its "retina display"

^you don't like my tin shack!

Originally Posted by larvidchr

Do try not to get too emotional about this, it is very strange how obsessed about others choices people can get, especially considering that it does not concern or affect them personally in the slightest way

Yeah, it's certainly weird how emotional people like Baldrick seem to get about an issue that should have no bearing on their life - he has his preferred product, so why does it concern him what 365,000,000 others use. I've observed the same emotional obsessiveness and what appears to be begrudging of others in HarryBarracuda and Butterfly (though butterfly seems to just be a curmudgeonly troll). They don't seem to comprehend that what works for them doesn't necessarily work for others, or the other way around - and what should it matter, really?

I have a ten year old, $100 Nokia. It sends/receives texts and calls. Job done..............

Originally Posted by Davis Knowlton

I have a ten year old, $100 Nokia. It sends/receives texts and calls. Job done..............

A friend of mine bought two smartphones (one an iphone) last time out here, he got frustrated with both ditched them and ended up buying the simplest model he could find that would store a few favorite numbers and just make calls, happy as pig shit after he was. One thing is good for some and not for others.

Originally Posted by larvidchr

it is very strange how obsessed about others choices people can get, especially considering that it does not concern or affect them personally in the slightest way

where is the emotion ?

I just find it hilarious that so many people spend the time waving their idevices at all of us and declaring how good they are - when we know that phrases like "retina display" and "aluminium unibody" are just marketing cliches for their retarded congregations

^^Yep. Phone company keeps giving me free phones - most recently an I phone 4. My wife and kids get them all.

Originally Posted by larvidchr

the worlds most valuable company

is going to get more valuable as the drones empty their wallets to keep up with the fashion as decreed by the marketing priests at apple

fear not sheep - they do love you and your money

Every iPhone accessory you own is now obsolete



Although the form factor and actual size are still unknown, TechCrunch has independently verified that Apple is working on adding a 19-pin port, replacing the current 30-pin port, to the new iPhone. It is a move that will surely send shocks through the iPhone accessory ecosystem.

The new port, partially shown in this Mobilefun post as well as in this video, is similar in size to the Thunderbolt port available on many MacBook devices but I’ve been told by three independent manufacturers that the pin-out will be different.

Apple’s 30-pin ports have been the standard since Apple released the third generation iPod. The connectors offered structural stability when connecting to most accessories but it’s clear – especially with the introduction of the MagSafe 2 port – Apple is more concerned with space savings inside each device.

Three independent manufacturers all agreed that the 19-pin dock port is in the works and many accessory manufacturers are facing an uneasy few months as they wait for official news of the standard to be announced.

Mind you I got a macbook and I really like newer snow leopard OS.
Right now I'm in an motel in Chumpon with the new Lenovo netbook thing with win7 and Have both the SGS1 an the GT-P1000T plugged in and they are all just fucking gee-wizzing away. All for less than half the price of one MBA. (I'd love to have the new MBA with Lion, but simply cant justify the expense)

I like mac OS but the win7 has come a long way and is no fucking slouch as far as the technical support available, Better than XP from what I can see so far.
As far as hardware goes there's no comparison; the Samsung sgs1 and Lenovo far excel my old macbook and current ip4s.
I rather save my money for motorcycles and airplane tickets. Computers/smartphone/tablets they all pretty much get the job done.

Originally Posted by joepaai

Quite correct - good to see someone knows what they are talking about for once

Utter BS.

What Apple did was re-invented music player with their iPod. Success was based on the user interface.

They did bring the iPhone that was the thing on user interface again but that was years ago. On usability and UI in general they been overrun years ago. First Android and now latest Windows Phone which is the new number one in that field. The iOS app grid is badly outdated and unless they bring something new and better than competition on widget/live tile front to show real time updates and content they are busted for good.

iPad hardly was a new idea although Apple did it in style and got superior package out. But it is still closed media consumption device. MS new Surface is full blood business machine with local connectivity and full office solutions and will be the leader in business applications.

Apple is very good on marketing and establishing the cult following they have. Take the new iOS for example. They announce new features as their innovation like voice commands opening apps in Siri, something that has been around long time in Android. Other one is the ability to reject call with automatic sms, again something that Nokia symbian phones have done for decades. So as said they are merery copying againg but with their clever marketing get their customers to praise these new innovations to all who listens.

I could go on and start comparing macbook air's with new Lenovo ultrabooks but can't be bothered. If you have the money and honestly think your getting the best there is up to you. Myself i prefer to select each device based on my personal needs and availability regardless of the hype of the day whatever it might be.

The iPhlop 5 is playing catch up with the SIII. Funny thing is that Samsung already have the next iteration in the works for the Christmas season. Poor old Apple, they can't keep up.

Originally Posted by Mojo

Originally Posted by joepaai

Quite correct - good to see someone knows what they are talking about for once

Utter BS

Seriously, why are you guys all so angry and so emotional?

They call it "Made for iphone". I call it "Made for Idiots".

Apple's iPhone 5 connector said to be a control freak

30-pin? Nope. Micro-USB? Nope. Power grab? Yup
By Rik Myslewski in San Francisco • Get more from this author
Posted in Mobile, 22nd June 2012 20:52 GMT
Rumors that the iPhone's familiar 30-pin connector will be replaced in the iPhone 5 with a Micro-USB port have riled the fanbois universe, inciting charges of planned obsolecense and worse. New reports, however, point not to a standard Micro-USB port, but a new – and proprietary – Apple port.
A bit of background: in case you missed it, a video surfaced early this month from the parts punters at eTrade Supply which showed a supposed iPhone 5 case with a hole for a new, smaller connector to replace the familiar 30-pin connector that's been around since the third-generation iPod was released in April 2003.


A new port would, of course, make the iPhone 5 unable to slip into the vast crowd of 30-pin equipped, speakers, power-booster, and the like – that is, without an adapter.

A storm of protest arose, with such clarions of democracy as the Daily Mail, for example, reporting "Fury at Apple's 'rip-off' plan" with all the subtlety and understated grace so characteristic of that online gazette, and Australia's news.com.au decreeing that "Every iPhone accessory you own is now obsolete."
TechCrunch "confirmed" a 19-pin – not Micro-USB – switcheroo this Wednesday, and veteran observer Robert Scoble commented to that article that an "engineer who is working in the phone world" told him that Apple was making the change to make thinner devices possible, better prevent water damage, and add a MagSafe-style magnetism to the port to better secure it in such scenarios as automotive use.
Scoble cited one other reason for the switch: "To control device manufacturers much more completely." This control, he said, would be enabled by the addition of a watchdog chip at both ends of the charging system. "It will be nearly impossible to make unlicensed devices, if Apple wants it," he wrote, "and totally impossible to make replacement power supplies that Apple hasn't approved."
Okay, let's all take a step back for a moment and remember that this all started with Yet Another Video™ of Yet Another Supposed New iPhone Part™ provided by Yet Another Unvetted Third-Party™. As such, this could all be speculation, despite what Scoble's unnamed "phone world" engineer might aver.
But if it's true that Apple is planning a new, proprietary cabling-and-controlling scheme, we at El Reg wouldn't be at all surprised. We're talking Apple, remember? King of the Proprietarians? Sure, the ITU got aboard the Micro-USB standard for phone charging back in 2009, and the EU showed off the first universal Micro-USB-based chargers in February 2011. Even Apple started selling a 30-pin-to-Micro-USB adapter last October to comply wiith EU regulations.
But if Apple decides to introduce a new connector and obsolete all existing 30-pin-equipped accessories, who's going to stop them? They might choose to make a new port merely power-compatible with the Micro-USB form factor but not signal-compatible, if only to get past EU regs – or they might not.
After all, what are adapters for, eh? ®

Seriously, Daffy and Larvid, how fucking gullible are you to keep spouting this shit when it's so obvious you're getting shafted every time?

Twats.

Oh dear, plus their employees are as thick as shit.

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